<div><div>I will co-sponsor </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 4:33 PM Starchild <<a href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="m_-3301720614790498754Apple-tab-span gmail_msg" style="white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>In support of this motion, I'd just like to share a few quotes from the latest LP fundraising letter signed by our chair, which happened to arrive in my mail today:</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><i class="gmail_msg">"We have a small team and we are very thoughtful about how we use our resources."</i></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><i class="gmail_msg">"We always seek to produce high quality work on a thrifty budget."</i></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><b style="font-style:italic" class="gmail_msg">"When you give to the Libertarian Party, you can rest assured that we work hard to get the maximum effect from your investment." </b>[boldface in original letter]</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="m_-3301720614790498754Apple-tab-span gmail_msg" style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span>I urge my colleagues on the LNC to join me in seeking to ensure that we live up to these claims when it comes to that part of the party budget which most directly relates to us as representatives, and not give anyone reason to accuse us of telling our donors one thing but doing something different in practice.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Love & Liberty,</div><div class="gmail_msg"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">                                 ((( starchild )))</div><div class="gmail_msg">At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div class="gmail_msg">                              (415) 625-FREE</div><div class="gmail_msg">                                @StarchildSF</div></div></div><div class="gmail_msg"> </div><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">On Mar 14, 2017, at 3:02 PM, Starchild wrote:</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div></div><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail_msg"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="m_-3301720614790498754Apple-tab-span gmail_msg" style="white-space:pre-wrap">     </span>I'm fairly agnostic on where we meet Joshua (though see below), but if it were to be Minneapolis, I'd be much more interested in hearing about what the Cyrstal Libertarians <i class="gmail_msg">accomplished</i> with their city council majority once they had it. We've all heard plenty about <i class="gmail_msg">how</i> to get elected (including, for those who called in, the informative teleconference you and Brett Bittner hosted just a few weeks ago on the topic), but we pay too little attention, in my opinion, to <i class="gmail_msg">what Libertarians actually do once in office</i>. Important to remember that winning office is a means to an end, not the end in itself. The goal is to advance freedom. The more we can show that to be happening when Libertarians hold office, the more reason voters have to elect us.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="m_-3301720614790498754Apple-tab-span gmail_msg" style="white-space:pre-wrap">      </span>As usual with our meetings, I'll look more favorably on locations that:</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">• save the LP money by not paying for meeting room rentals and related expenses (e.g. catered food/beverages)</div><div class="gmail_msg">• have locals willing to host traveling LNC members or others coming to the meeting in order to avoid/reduce lodging expenses</div><div class="gmail_msg">• have party affiliates who want to host an LNC meeting in their area and haven't done so before or recently</div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">• have tie-ins with local (L)ibertarian activism or events </div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><span class="m_-3301720614790498754Apple-tab-span gmail_msg" style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>Related to saving the party money on this meeting (and on future meetings by improving meeting cost transparency), I also make the following motion, and ask for co-sponsors:</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="gmail_msg"><i class="gmail_msg">Moved, that no more than one party staff member maximum be flown to the August meeting at party expense, that staff looking into meeting locations be directed to prioritize looking for locations that will not require any room rental fee or related fees/obligations (e.g. buying a certain amount of food, filling a block of hotel rooms, etc.), and that the LNC be informed within a reasonable length of time after each meeting of the total cost to the party of that meeting and the breakdown of expenses making up that cost, including amounts paid for flights, shipping, food, etc.</i></div><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Love & Liberty,</div><div class="gmail_msg">                                 ((( starchild )))</div><div class="gmail_msg">At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div class="gmail_msg">                             (415) 625-FREE</div><div class="gmail_msg">                               @StarchildSF</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">On Mar 14, 2017, at 7:27 AM, Joshua Katz wrote:</div><br class="m_-3301720614790498754Apple-interchange-newline gmail_msg"><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">I suggest Minneapolis, which is near Crystal, Minnesota, where Libertarians used to be a majority on the city council.  This would enable us to have a session, maybe over lunch, where we can hear about how they won that majority.  </div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br clear="all" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-3301720614790498754gmail_signature gmail_msg" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">Joshua A. Katz<div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Sam Goldstein <span class="gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_msg">Dear LNC members,<div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Many of us are in the midst of planning our summers and I think it is time</div><div class="gmail_msg">that we take up the issue of where to have our meeting scheduled for August 19-20, 2017.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">I'm in favor of moving west for this one.  Let's get the ball rolling with suggestions of locations and sites so we can narrow it down over the next couple weeks and perhaps have a decision done by our April meeting.</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Thanks and </div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Live Free,</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg"><br clear="all" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-3301720614790498754m_8556860813303552242gmail_signature gmail_msg" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div class="gmail_msg">Sam Goldstein<div class="gmail_msg">Libertarian National Committee</div><div class="gmail_msg">Member at Large</div><div class="gmail_msg">8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101</div><div class="gmail_msg">Indianapolis IN 46260</div><div class="gmail_msg"><a href="tel:(317)%20850-0726" value="+13178500726" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">317-850-0726</a> Phone</div><div class="gmail_msg"><a href="tel:(317)%20582-1773" value="+13175821773" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">317-582-1773</a> Fax</div></div></div></div><br><br></div></div><br><br><br class="gmail_msg">_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br>Lnc-business mailing list<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br><br class="gmail_msg"></blockquote></div><br class="gmail_msg"></div><br><br>_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg">Lnc-business mailing list<br class="gmail_msg"><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a><br class="gmail_msg"><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-busi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